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Tag: Cenozoic

Knightia eocaena (specimen 13)

A knightia fish skeleton (K. eocaena) in matrix from the early Eocene epoch

Actinopterygii, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Clupeidae, Clupeiformes, Eocene, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Green River Formation, K eocaena, Knightia, mortality plate, Neopterygii, North America, Osteichthyes, Palaeogene, Pellonulinae, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, USA, Wyoming

Knightia eocaena (specimen 12)

A knightia fish skeleton (K. eocaena) in matrix from the early Eocene epoch

Actinopterygii, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Clupeidae, Clupeiformes, Eocene, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Green River Formation, K eocaena, Knightia, mortality plate, Neopterygii, North America, Osteichthyes, Palaeogene, Pellonulinae, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, USA, Wyoming

Atractosteus spatula (specimens 07-11)

Alligator gar scales (A. spatula) from the Pleistocene epoch

A spatula, Actinopterygii, alligator gar, Animalia, Atractosteus, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, fish, Florida, Fossils, Lepisosteidae, Lepisosteiformes, Neopterygii, North America, Osteichthyes, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, ray finned fish, scales, scutes and armour, Unknown Formation, USA

Knightia sp. (specimen 06)

A small mortality plate of bony fish (Knightia sp.) from the early Eocene epoch

Actinopterygii, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Clupeidae, Clupeiformes, Eocene, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Green River Formation, Knightia sp, mortality plate, Neopterygii, North America, Osteichthyes, Palaeogene, Pellonulinae, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, USA, Utah

Actinopterygii sp. (specimen 04)

Unidentified fish premaxillary jaw bone (Actinopterygii sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii sp, Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, bone fragments, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chordata, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Osteichthyes, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, USA, Yorktown Formation

Actinopterygii sp. (specimen 01-03)

Unidentified ray-finned fish vertebrae (Actinopterygii sp.) from the Quaternary period

Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii sp, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, North America, Osteichthyes, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, ray finned fish, south carolina, Unknown Formation, USA, vertebrae

Negaprion brevirostris (specimen 95)

Lemon shark tooth (N. brevirostris) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Bone Valley, Carcharhinidae, Carcharhiniformes, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Florida, Fossils, Hawthorn Group, lemon shark, N brevirostris, Negaprion, Neogene, North America, Peace River Formation, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, USA

Myliobatoidei sp. (specimen 94)

Stingray tail barb (Myliobatoidei sp.) from the present day

Animal Remains, Animalia, Batoidea, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Holocene, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatoidei, Myliobatoidei sp., Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, skates and rays, spurs and claws, stingray, Unknown Location

Cosmopolitodus hastalis (specimen 89)

Broad-tooth mako shark tooth (C. hastalis) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Bone Valley, broad tooth mako, broad tooth white shark, C hastalis, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Cosmopolitodus, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Florida, Fossils, giant mako, Hawthorn Group, Lamnidae, Lamniformes, Miocene, Neogene, North America, Peace River Formation, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, USA

Otodus obliquus (specimen 88)

Extinct mackerel shark tooth (O. obliquus) from the Palaeogene period

Animalia, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Lamniformes, Mackerel shark, O obliquus, Otodontidae, Otodus, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

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